Method and system for storing streaming media file in mobile terminal

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for storing a streaming media file in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: starting a streaming media transmission; storing a streaming media file in the background, and marking the playback position of the streaming media file; setting the stored streaming media file as a hidden file, and / or encrypting the stored streaming media file. The present invention also provides a system for storing a streaming media file in a mobile terminal. Via the method and the system, the streaming media file can be directly stored on the mobile terminal, and can be flexibly and smoothly watched by users, without influencing the charge of operators at the same time. Thus, the copyrights of the Audio / Video (A / V) files can be protected, and the service promotion of the operators can be more beneficial.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to the playback field of streaming media files, and in particular to a method and system for storing a streaming media file in a mobile terminal.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]With the continuous development of mobile communication, users pay more and more attention to the additional services which can be realized on the mobile terminal, such as cameras, Audio / Video (A / V) playback and the like, wherein the streaming media service is the additional service which both the operators and the users pay high attention to. When transmitting in a streaming media mode, the streaming media file such as sounds, images or animations and the like is transmitted to the mobile terminal of the user in real time by a streaming media server, and the user can watch the file only after a few seconds or more than ten seconds of start-up delay without waiting until the whole file is completely downloaded. During the process of playing the stream...

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Benefits of technology

The patent is about a method and system that allows users to store streaming media files on their mobile devices and watch them flexibly. This allows users to watch or listen to services provided by operators more easily and improves their satisfaction level. The system can also protect the copyrights of audio and video files without affecting the cost of the operators.

Problems solved by technology

When the mobile terminal user watches some streaming media resources, the streaming media resources possibly cannot be completely watched from beginning to end for once due to time reasons, and most of the streaming media resources are paid per view; if the user cannot watch through the streaming media resources at once, the user needs to pay again when watching at next time, thus, contradictions may be caused between the operators and the users.

Additionally, when the network condition is poor, it needs to interrupt the playback for buffering, thereby, the user cannot continuously watch, and the user experience can be seriously influenced.

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